2017: Top 10 highest paying jobs in Russia

The most highly paid professions in Russia in the first half of 2017 were – ship captain and aircraft commander. Their salaries were 500 thousand rubles per month (USD $8,500) and 320 thousand rubles per month (USD $5, 400), respectively, citing data from the Ministry of Labor.

The third position was taken by chief technologist of the gold mining industry with a salary of 312 thousand rubles a month.

The Ministry of Labor compiled the following list, for the top ten highly paid jobs in Russia, as it stood in the first quarter of 2017.

1. Ship captain – 500 thousand rubles.

2. Aircraft commander – 320 thousand rubles.

3. Chief technologist of gold mining industry – 312 thousand rubles.

4. Head coach of ice hockey team – 300 thousand rubles.

5. Head of construction site – 250 thousand rubles.

6. Dentist – 200 thousand rubles.

7. Risk analysis manager – 200 thousand rubles.

8. Electrical engineer – 195 thousand rubles.

9. Computer science analyst / IT specialsit – 190 thousand rubles.

10. Second aircraft pilot (non-commander) – 180 thousand rubles.

According to Rosstat, in the first half of 2017 the average salary in Russia amounted to 38.7 thousand rubles. (USD $664 per month.) Compared to the same period in 2016, it grew by 7.3%.

In September, the government approved an increase in the minimum wage – from January 1, 2018, it should reach 9489 rubles. (USD $167 per month – not a viable income in large cities but still exists in rural Russian territories.)

Inessa Sinchougova is an Editor and Journalist at Fort Russ News, as well as a research fellow and translator of the Belgrade based think-tank, the Center for Syncretic Studies. She was educated at Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), in the field of Political Science and was previously employed in Marketing and Communications Strategy for a Multi-National Corporation. She runs a popular YouTube channel for translations of key Russian Foreign Policy figures and appears regularly on other alternative media channels. If you like her work, you can support her Patreon here.